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FUMING homeowners have slammed their "pathetic" council for making their popular seaside town a nightmare.

Locals have likened Burlington Road in Swanage, Dorset to a jungle and are fed-up with overgrown pavements while tree trunks spread onto the street.

They have begged Dorset Council for help, but so far nothing has been done, according to desperate residents.

Mums with prams and wheelchair users find the weed-covered streets nearly impossible to navigate and are put at risk using the road instead.

Shocked homeowners have blamed council cut-backs for the ongoing issue and live in fear they will lose out on essential tourism in the area.

Angry resident, Steve Brickstock, said: "Absolutely pathetic and yet another example of how little we actually get locally for our council tax."

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Another fuming local, Anne Wood, claimed she reported the problem to Dorset Council.

"The whole street needs cutting. I have seen a young mother with her baby in a buggy having to walk in the road because she couldn't get up the path", she added.

"I have complained and complained to the council to no avail."

A third desperate homeowner said: "If you try and walk through it you end up with a face full of leaves and insects.

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"Someone in a wheelchair has got no chance.

"By this stage of the summer the council has usually cut it back by now but nothing has happened.

"You do wonder what our council tax is for."

A Dorset Council spokesperson said: "We manage over 200,000 trees in the Dorset Council area, of which around 50,000 are limes that have all been growing excessively recently.

"As soon as we were made aware of the situation at Burlington Road, we visited the area and felled one tree that was an immediate danger.

"Our small team, who are dealing with the issues as quickly as possible around the county, will return to Burlington Street early next week to cut back and remove branches. Swanage Town Council have also kindly agreed to help remove some branches tomorrow (Friday).

"In the meantime, we thank everyone for their patience and reassure them we will are dealing with this matter as quickly as we can.”

This comes as furious residents claim their council won't help them tear down a fence spoiling the area.

A homeowner erected the 6ft fence outside their property in Skelton, Teesside, just after lockdown.

But one local said they had already witnessed a number of near misses when cars were negotiating the blind bend it created.

Plus, a furious dad says his "jobsworth" council won't let him build a drive on his land despite six of his neighbours having one.

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Meanwhile, desperate residents living in an estate that’s about to be knocked to the ground say they have nowhere to go and nobody’s helping them. 

They claim the council has stopped caring about their properties – leaving them in rat-infested, cockroach-ridden leaking homes. 

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